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Dress, Wedding

Object number2014.120.1 a-d

Date1885

MediumVelvet/Metal/Fabric/Thread/Paper

Credit LineGift of Eleanore Cope

DescriptionWedding outfit consisting of purple velvet jacket and skirt and two copies of the wedding certificate.Dimensions(a) Width (at shoulders) 15.5, Width (at bottom of jacket tails) 39.25, Length 49.75;
(b) Width (at waist) 11.5, Width (at bottom) 45.5, Length 36.5;
(c) Height 19, Width 13.063;
(d) Height 19, Width 13.063.
Inscriptions(c-d)
Handwritten and printed text "This Certifies / That Andrew Carson / of Layton Station Fayette Co. / State of Pennsylvania / AND / Mallissa Blair. / of Flat woods, Fayette Co. / State of Pennsylvania. / WERE UNITED IN / MARRIAGE / By Me / According to the Ordinance of GOD and / the Laws of the State of Pennsylvania. / at Uniontown, on the Twenty Eighth / day of September in the year of OUR LORD / One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty Five. / W. W. Heickman, Minister / Witnesses McLell and Layhue and Dessie Carson"; religious/Biblical quotes are also featured on the certificate.
Historical NotesTwo-piece purple velvet wedding outfit worn by the donor Eleanore Cope's great-grandmother Melissa Blair in her 1885 wedding to Andrew L. Carson. The couple was married on September 28, 1885, in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Melissa grew up in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania, and the couple stayed in the area where Carson was a carpenter and farmer. They lived in the house, right outside of Perryopolis, that Melissa's father had built with bricks fired on site in 1865.

Previous owner Melissa Blair

Related person Andrew L. Carson

Related person W. W. Heickman

Related person McLell Carson

Related person Layhue Carson

Related person Dessie Carson

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